High-power terahertz radiation from a high-repetition-rate large-aperture photoconducting antenna

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-27

  Mouret, G ^a   Chen, W ^a   Boucher, D ^a   Bocquet, R ^b   Mounaix, P ^c   Theron D ^c   Lippens, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Femtosecond techniques; LTG GaAs; Photoconducting antenna; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); LASER PULSES; MICROWAVES; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TRANSMITTERS;

TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031648753     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199801)17:1<23::AID-MOP5>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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